Show HN: A toy version of Wireshark (student project)

Hi everyone,

I recently published a small open-source project. It’s a minimal network packet analyzer written in Go — designed more like a learning toy than a replacement for Wireshark.

It currently supports parsing basic protocols like TLS, DNS, and HTTP, and includes a tiny fuzzing engine to test payload responses. You can inspect raw packet content directly from the terminal. The output is colored for readability, and the code structure is kept simple and clear.

The entire program i

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Show HN: A toy version of Wireshark

Hi everyone,

I recently published a small open-source project called Vanta. It’s a minimal network packet analyzer written in Go — designed more like a learning toy than a replacement for Wireshark.

It currently supports parsing basic protocols like TLS, DNS, and HTTP, and includes a tiny fuzzing engine to test payload responses. You can inspect raw packet content directly from the terminal. The output is colored for readability, and the code structure is kept simple and clear.

The ent


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